Glycine subterranea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1023. 1763.

"Habitat in Brasilia, Surinamo. C. Dahlberg." RCN: 5355.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae 4: 668. 1971): Herb. Linn. No. 901.1 (LINN).

Current name: Voandzeia subterranea (L.) Thouars subsp. subterranea (Fabaceae: Faboideae).